⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their three- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 38
- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 26-17 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q2 5:14 · DEN 60-48 LAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q2 0:42 · DEN 74-56 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 4:36 · DEN 120-93 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 12 | Threes made | 3 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
